Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

alpha conversion

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.94 in modern English

Syllables: al-pha -con-ver-sion
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the three rewrite rules of lambda calculus, in which a bound variable of a lambda term is replaced by another variable across its entire scope. So if there is a lambda term of the form (λx.t) and it is desired to have x replaced with y, then the rewritten lambda term would have the form (λy.t[y/x]) where t[y/x], "t with y instead of x", has had all free instances of x in t replaced with y.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

alpha conversions (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

beta reduction eta conversion

Questions

What does alpha conversion mean?: One of the three rewrite rules of lambda calculus, in which a bound variable of a lambda term is replaced by another variable across its entire scope. So if there is a lambda term of the form (λx.t) and it is desired to have x replaced with y, then the rewritten lambda term would have the form (λy.t[y/x]) where t[y/x], "t with y instead of x", has had all free instances of x in t replaced with y.

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